--- title: What would most likely have happened to Ada if Sam hadn't asked her… — The new kid and the first day · tree and pragmatics description: What would most likely have happened to Ada if Sam hadn't asked her to play? Test 10 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The new kid and the first day](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/) / t10 # Test 10 · The new kid and the first day What would most likely have happened to Ada if Sam hadn't asked her to play? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam · **What happens:** happen, have, not ask, play · **To what, where:** Ada, Sam This is test 10 of lesson 465 «The new kid and the first day» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t10:1 # text = What would most likely have happened to Ada if Sam hadn't asked her to play? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ada Ada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would · perfect | | | Ada | | | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Sam | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Sam *not said here* | | Sam | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Sam *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She'd have taken over the game of tig ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t10:o1:1 # text = She'd have taken over the game of tig 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 tig tig NOUN NN _ 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | would · perfect | She | | | the game of tig | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} She'd have moved school that day ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t10:o2:1 # text = She'd have moved school that day 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | would · perfect | She | school | | | day | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent school=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, she wanted to be alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t10:o3:1 # text = Nothing, she wanted to be alone 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 7 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Nothing | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nothing *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She'd have stood alone longer ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day:t10:o4:1 # text = She'd have stood alone longer 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | would · perfect | She | | | | | alone, long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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